Enrolment in a Middle Ordovician agnostoid trilobite

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 441-448

  Bruton, David L ^a   Nakrem, Hans Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agnostida; Edinburg Formation; Life habit; Ordovician; Preservation; Trilobita; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGNOSTIDA; PYGIDIUM; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 26244445975     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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